Circuit assembly and method for monitoring a micro-controller based on a watchdog voltage

    公开(公告)号:US10915387B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-09

    申请号:US15769613

    申请日:2016-10-18

    摘要: A circuit assembly for monitoring the timing behavior of a microcontroller, including: a microcontroller to drive at least one watchdog voltage generating section for a temporally defined generation of at least one monitoring voltage and to detect and read in the generated monitoring voltage at a predetermined sampling point in time; in which the at least one watchdog voltage generating section is arranged to generate the monitoring voltage that is detectable at a predetermined sampling point in time by sampling by the microcontroller, in which a monitoring voltage that is detected at the sampling point in time and lies within a predetermined voltage tolerance range indicates a fault-free microcontroller state, and a monitoring voltage that is detected at the predetermined point in time and lies outside the predetermined voltage tolerance range indicates a faulty microcontroller state. Also described is a related method.

    CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A MICRO-CONTROLLER BASED ON A WATCHDOG VOLTAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20180314245A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US15769613

    申请日:2016-10-18

    IPC分类号: G05B23/02 G01R31/317

    摘要: A circuit assembly for monitoring the timing behavior of a microcontroller, including: a microcontroller to drive at least one watchdog voltage generating section for a temporally defined generation of at least one monitoring voltage and to detect and read in the generated monitoring voltage at a predetermined sampling point in time; in which the at least one watchdog voltage generating section is arranged to generate the monitoring voltage that is detectable at a predetermined sampling point in time by sampling by the microcontroller, in which a monitoring voltage that is detected at the sampling point in time and lies within a predetermined voltage tolerance range indicates a fault-free microcontroller state, and a monitoring voltage that is detected at the predetermined point in time and lies outside the predetermined voltage tolerance range indicates a faulty microcontroller state. Also described is a related method.